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DOE laboratory says it was victim of an Advanced Persistent Threat designed to steal technical data
Midsize markets in Pennsylvania, Tennessee and the Carolinas the latest to get Verizon LTE services
Google patched the bugs in September and December 2010
Skype users can join in with colleagues using the Passport room-based system
Agreement comes during period of turbulence for Clearwire
Analysts note that once the $1.4B deal closes, all HDD vendors will also be SSD manufacturers
Company says it's looking to meet enterprise customer demand
The processor will first appear in smartphones and tablets
Looking to nip some competition in the bud, Twitter undermines UberMedia bid with reported $50M offer for TweetDeck
A new tool, Visual Insight, allows business users to visually explore data
But i4i says changes would be 'devastating' to innovation, inventors
Wall Street thinks one company is a more compelling buy than the other
While the takedown of the botnet diminished spam levels, new tactics have emerged to flood inboxes with dangerous messages
Multiple sites featured purported news reports on the weight-loss benefits of acai berry products
Ratio of IT support staff to employees is nowhere near ideal, survey finds
Disruption to component supplies after Japan's quake could hit new handsets
Industry experts say many Chinese young professionals once shied away from startups, preferring stable jobs instead
The European Commission's report does not go far enough say advocacy groups
With load balancing, customers can build high availability into cloud-based apps
Cisco adds policy engine, central console for Catalyst switches and ISR and ASR routers
Indian researchers and politicians are concerned that electronic voting machines (EVM) can be tampered with
Microsoft tells Congress of shift, saying more than 95% of PCs in China run Windows but that piracy is a big problem
Global manufacturer Cinram International dumps Microsoft Exchange for Google Docs
Officials warn of more system crashes for the highly wired society
Koryolink more than quadrupled subscriptions in 2010
Actual amount of data stolen, though, is way down
Blocking majority of threats isn't rocket science, carrier says
Verizon analyzes the state of computer security in its annual Data Breach Investigations Report
Move to story IP numbers, search terms, cookies for 18 months instead of 90 days unlikely to win friends in the privacy community
Apple alleges that the Galaxy Tab and many Samsung smartphones violated its patents and trademarks
Some of Taiwan's contract manufacturers, who have long toiled behind the scenes, are trying to make a name for themselves
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on i4i v. Microsoft. If Microsoft wins, bad software patents could be harder to defend.
$12 billion electronics components supplier IDs connectors and cable for more comprehensive policy assignment and enforcement
Hardening software to prevent security breaches is coming back into fashion. And, yes, it's worth the trouble.
But Canadian company i4i's chairman says, 'We'll win'
A global view helps this IT leader read cultural differences in diverse teams.
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court ask why they should lower the legal standard for invalidating patents
Our manager's company has shockingly little oversight on the security of software code written for it by third parties.
Skype for Android data leak latest in growing list of smartphone security threats
EMC adds changed-block tracking to Avamar 6.0 for fast restore capabilities
IBM, Dell and HP unveil tools aimed at convincing IT execs that cloud services can be secure and reliable.
Don't sign that contract until you consider five red flags in cloud service deals.
